We both watched on from the distance as Sly got absolutely manhandled by Vul despite it holding back massively. The biggest problem Sly faced wasn't the rain but rather the mud that made it very hard to find tra. Vul had learhat lesson well and had specifically traio overe this issue by timing it's movements so as to stop when it wao. Sly made the mistake of charging full bore at Vul only for Vul to sidestep and casually back handed him as he passed by. Casual or not it was a enough to make Sly ragdoll and roll a few times after it yelped in pain.-

  It wasn't even hard enough to bruise a hardy thing like a pokemon but it definitely stung. Birch quickly lost all enthusiasm as we watched Sly slowly but surely figure out what worked and what didn't all while Vul yawned in boredom. It ainfully obvious how out of his league Vul was pared to Sly as it hadn't been hit a siime while Sly was barely holding onto sciousness. "STOP!" I anded and both pokemon froze in pce before Sly promptly dropped into the mud unscious.-

  "A good pokemon indeed!" I said with a chuckle as Birch returhe exhausted mon to it's ball. Sly certainly wasn't very powerful but he had firm resolve to do what he o if nothing else which even I found impressive. Vul walked over to me casually and stood by until I had something else for it to do. That whole spar took three hours so we still had plenty of time left in the day. "I'd say that sly got some valuable experience from this spar , what about you?" I asked the professor who nodded.-

  "Even I could see the improvement he had during this time and while I think your methods are a little harsh I 't pin sihey clearly work." The man said with a sigh. I could uand what he meant as my training could be sidered cruel to a minute degree as I push the pokemon to their limits each session. The thing was however that pokemon were built VERY differently to people and what was cruel for us timal for them. If anyone was to bme it robably Mew or Arceus that made pokemon like this.-

  I would never speak such ideas however since I know better than bad mouth very real and very present god like beings. Is it likely such a thing would give two shits about a weak insignifit human like me? Nope. Did that really matter in this case? ABSO-FUG-LUTELY NOT! A god was a god and I value not testing such a things magnamity if I avoid it. I was already an unnatural existen this world with my system so painting a legendary sized target on my back by being stupid is uable. "What do you have pnned for the rest of the day?" Birch asked breaki of my thoughts.-

  "Not sure really , with the weather being what it is hunting is a terrible idea since all that's out is water types or things that aren't worth hunting. I also 't just hole up for the rest of the day since we'd get bored. Holy I have no clue at all what I do besides maybe letting my pokemon spar full tilt but I'd rather avoid that siheir spars are rather destructive to the nd they are held on." I said at a loss.-

  "I've seen a few gym battle rec so I doubt it be THAT bad right?" birch asked with a fused expression. "A single full power attack from either of them leaves craters behind usually and a good spar between them has anywhere from five to fifteen such attacks unleashed. I'm pretty sure the only reason gyms aren't wrecked every time a battle happens is because they are reinforced to withstand such power." I said seriously. Birch paled as he imagihe pasture getting torn apart violently. "Yeah it's probably for the best we avoid that sort of damage." he said seriously.-

  "Yep so I am a bit at a loss what to do." I said with a shrug. "I suppose you could explore the area around the vilge. The sea is only a few miles south and who knows you might even find something iing in the process." Birch suggested. I thought about it for a moment but couldn't find anything wrong with the idea so I agreed. Birch wished me luck before heading into his b to probably do some paperwork if I had to guess. I myself had Gaia and Vul follow me into the woods into a southward dire.-

  Birch had said the sea was closest to the vilge this way and from what the pokenav map showed me it was listed as a tier 3 danger zo the shore. The reason for this was actually given as the fact that as a coastal location it ossible for powerful deep water pokemon to be entered there. I had to admit that despite how primitive the pokenav was it was much more durable than any cellphone I was familiar with as it was roof up to seventy meters bellow the surface. That meant the rain did a whole lot of nothing to the device.-

  We spotted a few iing things along the way that I stopped to colled/or trade for tickets. These included chesto , aspear an wiki berry bushes that I traded four berries each from to the system for 2 ability tickets , a skill ticket and a siem ticket. Apparently the trading shop had a rule where the prible increased slowly the more I used it so instead of the six ces I would have gotten for the berries I only got four. I was still quite happy with my luck though as I got two ability tickets and even a skill ticket.-

  I tore the skill and item tickets immediately to see what I'd get since my luck was great today. For my skill I surprisingly enough got a bat skill in the form of spearmanship. It was not all that plex but was by no means simple as their was importance pces on stance , grip , footwork ahe specifics of the spear itself. For the item oher hand I got a scope lens that apparently made it easier to strike a vital point for a critical hit.-

  I didn't use the ability tickets however sihere was no telling what sort of se I might cause getting whatever ges to myself those are done. Instead I wao wait until we got back to the vilge so that Gaia could cover the opening of the cave fr eyes. It didn't take very long for us to reach the cliffs that dropped off into the sea. There were a few dozen Wingul and Pelipper in the area that gave my team and I wary looks but didn't turn hostile thankfully.